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Nearest Communities to Shawmut,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Shawmut, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Shawmut:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Shawmut.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Shawmut is located in Maricopa County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Maricopa County: Gila, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai & Yuma.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shawmut. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Maricopa County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Shawmut (which is Maricopa County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Shawmut

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Maricopa County   (where Shawmut resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.maricopa.gov/
    • County Seat for Maricopa:   Phoenix
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shawmut   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shawmut.
      • Ocapos
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Ocapos is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocapos
      • Estrella
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Estrella is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
      • Bosque
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Bosque is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosque
      • Cotton Center
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Cotton Center is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
      • Big Horn
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Horn is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
      • Gila Bend
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • San Lucy Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • San Lucy Village is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lucy Village
      • Sil Murk ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Sil Murk was located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sil Murk
      • Mobile
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Mobile is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile
      • Point of Rocks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Point of Rocks is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
      • Freeman
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Freeman is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Rainbow Valley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Rainbow Valley is also located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Valley
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Smurr
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Smurr is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smurr
        • Theba
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Theba is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theba
        • Allenville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Allenville is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
        • Buckeye
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Buckeye is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,224 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckeye <3>
        • Liberty
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Liberty is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
        • Valencia
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Valencia is also located in Maricopa County
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        • Palo Verde
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Conger
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Conger is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger
        • Gila Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Gila Crossing is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Crossing
        • Komatke
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Komatke is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komatke
        • Saint Johns Mission
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Saint Johns Mission is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Mission
        • Arlington
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Hassayampa
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Hassayampa is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassayampa
        • Piedra
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Piedra is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
        • Co-op Village
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Co-op Village is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-op Village
        • Dixie
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Dixie is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
        • Chiulikam
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Chiulikam is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiulikam
        • Litchfield Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Litchfield Junction is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Junction
        • Litchfield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Litchfield is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
        • Perryville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Perryville is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
        • Maricopa Village
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Maricopa Village is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Village
        • Moivayi
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Moivayi is also located in Maricopa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moivayi
  • Pinal County
    • County Website:   https://www.pinal.gov/
    • County Seat for Pinal:   Florence
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shawmut   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shawmut.
      • Enid
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Enid is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Heaton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Heaton is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
      • Ak-Chin Village
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Ak-Chin Village is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak-Chin Village
      • Ak Chin
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Ak Chin is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chin
      • Santa Cruz
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Santa Cruz is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
      • Maricopa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Maricopa Wells ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Maricopa Wells was located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Wells
      • Peters Corner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Peters Corner is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corner
      • Sacate
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sacate is located in Pinal County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacate

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shawmut) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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